NameThatPlant.net: Pedicularis canadensis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Lamiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis canadensis FAMILY Orobanchaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Wood Betony at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-001:

Pedicularis canadensis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

COMMON NAME:
Wood-betony, Eastern Lousewort, Fernleaf, Canadian Lousewort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pedicularis canadensis FAMILY Orobanchaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pedicularis canadensis ssp. canadensis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 166-29-001:
Pedicularis canadensis FAMILY Scrophulariaceae

1039

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, streambanks, prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (rare in Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow, maroon or bicolored
Bilaterally symmetrical
4-lobed calyx, each side completely fused
2-lipped corolla
4 included stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Flowers in a spike, borne in the axils of leafy bracts

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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